Posts by Michael Brauner — Page 21

The Auburn Tigers have gone ice cold on the recruiting trail in recent weeks, losing multiple commitments for next year’s class, as the harsh reality of two lackluster seasons under Hugh Freeze begins to sink in. While Freeze has done an incredible job bringing in talent to The Plains, a vision can only be sold […]

With the Independence Day holiday now in our rearview mirror, it’s just another sign of how close we are to college football making a highly anticipated return on Saturdays. In the SEC, there are a ton of both new and old faces ready to take on prominent roles this season — and of course — […]

Ole Miss Rebels Head Coach Lane Kiffin has always been one of the more entertaining college football coaches on social media to follow. With an established dry sense of humor, few are better at brutally trolling opponents than Kiffin. Over the weekend, the leader of the Rebels let one of his most hated rivals — […]

With college football season still nearly two months away and the summer in full swing, this is the time for coaches to get away from it all for even just a couple of days. In the SEC, an all too common vacation sight for coaches proves to be the Gulf Coast, and that is exactly […]

The Auburn Tigers are headed into the third season of the Hugh Freeze era, and the first two years have obviously not gone the way he, nor any fan, wanted it to go. While the results have not been there in terms of the win column, Freeze has been able to hang his hat on […]

Despite several prospects projected to be drafted, the Alabama Crimson Tide saw no players selected in last week’s NBA Draft. However, all four potential draftees have signed two-way contracts with NBA teams and will likely begin their careers in the G League as they vie for full roster spots. The player with the best chance […]

Alabama Crimson Tide coach Kalen DeBoer’s recruiting machine has been firing on all cylinders in recent weeks, landing multiple five-star prospects and new commitments nearly every day. The Tide now boast more five-star pledges than any other program in the country for the Class of 2026, climbing into the top 10 nationally after adding nine […]

With less than two months until the Alabama Crimson Tide open their second season under coach Kalen DeBoer, expectations are sky-high in Tuscaloosa. Year one under DeBoer featured spectacular highs and surprising lows. Alabama opened by defeating No. 1 Georgia and looked the part of a national title contender, only to stumble with a shocking […]

Auburn Tigers head coach Hugh Freeze logged 11 rounds of golf in the first three weeks of June, which is stunningly high for a SEC coach balancing recruiting and on-field responsibilities. A piece of investigative journalism from AL(dot)com insider Matt Stahl took a look into the head coach’s golfing habits recently, and it turns out […]

The annual spring game A-Day tradition has been a staple of the Alabama Crimson Tide football program for as long as can be remembered, with fans packing into Bryant-Denny Stadium for free admission and getting their first look at that fall’s edition of the team during a scrimmage. A-Day has always been an event to […]

Auburn’s athletic teams officially donned Nike uniforms Tuesday, ushering in a new era that replaces Under Armour as the Tigers’ outfitter. The agreement between Auburn University and Nike went into effect July 1, and the Tigers took the field for the first time sporting the iconic swoosh. To mark the launch, Auburn released an emotional […]

EA Sports found itself at the center of the college football media news cycle last year when the gaming giant announced the release of the first licensed college football video game in over a decade, College Football 25. One year later after the massively successful release of the game, EA is preparing to drop not […]

With the Fourth of July upon Alabamians and Americans alike coming up this weekend, residents around the state are getting into the holiday spirit. One patriotic Trussville resident took his love for America a step further in the final days leading up to Independence Day. In a video shared on social media by Alabama icon […]

Over the weekend, the Miss Alabama pageant was held in Birmingham at Samford University, and it was a local who walked away with the crown. In a  competition of 13 semifinalists and 42 total contestants, Emma Terry — previously known as Miss Hoover — was named Miss Alabama and will represent the Yellowhammer State at […]

The Auburn Tigers have secured a recruiting victory for the class of 2026 that they were in desperate need of. Following a rough few weeks for Head Coach Hugh Freeze on the trail, things improved in a big way this week. On Thursday afternoon, the Tigers flipped four-star quarterback Peyton Falzone — a Pennsylvania native […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide secured a massive win for the class of 2026 on Thursday when they landed the commitment of the top running back in the state and the No. 2-ranked back in the nation, Ezavier “EJ” Crowell of Jackson High School. RELATED: DeBoer, Alabama flip elite quarterback recruit in 2026 class to Crimson […]

The 2024-25 collegiate athletics season has officially wrapped up with school out of session and all sports now finally having come to a close, and for the first time in a very long time, Auburn had an overall better year for athletics than Alabama. According to  AL.com, the Tigers finished ahead of the Tide in […]

The NBA Draft’s second round saw one of the most prominent players from the state of Alabama in recent memory come off the board. With the 35th selection in the draft, the Philadelphia 76ers selected now former Auburn big man Johni Broome, who is coming off the best season of his storied collegiate career. The […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide is gearing up for the second season of the Kalen DeBoer era, a year they hope is more successful on the field than the first. One of the major returning pieces that will help make that happen is senior wide receiver Germie Bernard, who was one of the best players on […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide have had a fairly incredible record at Bryant-Denny Stadium in recent years, and according to some, the venue in Tuscaloosa may be one of the most difficult in the nation for visiting teams to successfully compete in. Clearly, the makers of college football’s premier video game — EA Sports — feel […]

Florida State Seminoles quarterback Thomas Castellanos made headlines this week with a quote that went viral about his week one opponent, the Alabama Crimson Tide. Despite the Seminoles having a 2-10 record last year, Castellanos — a transfer from Boston College — said that he does not see Alabama being able to stop him, and […]

A major announcement is brewing regarding college basketball scheduling. As first reported by Matt Norlander of CBS Sports, the number of games each team plays in the regular season is set to increase from 31 to 32. The change will give programs an extra non-conference matchup against an opponent of their choosing. “College basketball’s regular […]

The Auburn Tigers and Head Coach Hugh Freeze have faced serious difficulties on the recruiting trail over the past week. In an era of collegiate sports where committing means less than it ever did, players decommit and recommit as often as they change their socks. The latest victim of the changes has been Freeze’s Tigers, […]

The Alabama Crimson Tide men’s basketball team got tremendous news on Tuesday when they found out one of their most important players will be returning for the upcoming season. After tearing his achilles, Alabama star sharpshooter Latrell Wrightsell Jr. has been granted a medical waiver by the NCAA and awarded a sixth season of eligibility. […]